Liway

Based on a true story and set in the waning days of the Timeline of the Marcos dictatorship, ''Liway'' is told from the point of view of Dakip, a boy living in a prison camp housing both criminals and members of the New People's Army. Even as conditions in the camp become progressively more difficult, his mother tries her best to shield him from the trauma of a political prisoner's life and to give him a normal life, telling him stories based on Philippine mythology. One of these stories is about Liway, the gurardian diwata of Mount Kanlaon, a fictionalized version of her own story in the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship. As the dictatorship becomes more unstable and their lives become more uncertain, Dakip's mother has to weigh his best interests against the prospect of never seeing each other again.<ref name="Esquire20180730"></ref>